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Making America Great…Again & Again & Again
On September 26, 2020 by Bob TalksWalk Whitman, one of our truly remarkable poets, wrote an important poem about America’s greatness in 1884. The poem is entitled: “Election Day, November, 1884,” and itreads in part: If I should need to name, O Western World, yourpowerfulest scene and show,“Twould not be you, Niagara—nor you, yelimitless prairies—nor your huge rifts ofcanyons, Colorado,Nor you,
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Rise Up
On September 2, 2020 by Bob Talks“Rise Up,” these two, simple, charged words are packed with multiple and complicated meanings. The Dictionary provides some of these meanings: “Come to the surface;” “ascend;” “go up;” “arise;” “ascent;” “rebel.” On one basic level, it means getting up in the morning to begin a new day. On another more difficult level, it suggests overcoming